Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization will next week start mass vaccination against cholera in Moroto district. The campaign is set to kick start on Monday next week. Dr Kenneth Kabali, the WHO consultant and Disease control officer and Head of Karamoja …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Life has nearly returned to normal with a bee-hive of activities taking place in markets, bus parks, food and non-food shops in Gulu municipality after the partial lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown. However, many of the residents have disregarded a requirement to ear face masks …

Washington, United States | AFP | Global economic growth could rebound next year but the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to remain unchanged, the World Bank warned Tuesday. The projection came after the Washington-based development lender said Monday the coronavirus pandemic could drive between 70 and 100 million people into extreme …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Nigerian authorities have linked the deaths of up to 600 people in the country’s second largest city to coronavirus after probing a surge in fatalities there. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said 979 people died in April in the northern trading hub in April. A near-quadrupling of the mortality rate prompted …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that an elderly man seen bleeding from the head after he was pushed to the ground by US riot police was faking. “I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?” Trump asked on his massively followed …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi strongly rebuked Ethiopia on Tuesday, accusing Addis Ababa of stalling negotiations over a mega-dam being built on the Nile and moving ahead with plans to start filling the reservoir before reaching a deal. “A timeline must be set to finish up negotiations, so it does …

Beijing, China | AFP | China has removed pangolin parts from its official list of traditional medicines, state media reported Tuesday, days after increasing legal protections on the endangered animal. Pangolins were left out of the official Chinese Pharmacopoeia this year, along with substances including a pill formulated with bat faeces, the state-owned Health Times …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT and National Guidance State Minister Peter Ogwang wants the increasing number of South Sudanese nationals in Lira during the lockdown investigated. He issued the directives while meeting members of the Lira district Covid-19 taskforce in Lira on Monday. During the meeting, the Lira …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Queen Elizabeth National park has raised a red flag over the increased cases of poaching in the park since the nationwide lockdown was announced in March this year. Although Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA stepped up security and foot patrols in the park following …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 27 people have been placed under quarantine in Tororo district after two community members tested positive to coronavirus disease. The two community cases are believed to be contacts of truck drivers who recently tested positive for the disease. Tororo District Health Officer Dr David …